How Smart Are Snakes Really? A Herpetologist Explains The Science Of Serpent Intelligence

From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...
Yahoo

Biologists are using snakes with transmitters to catch invasive pythons in the Everglades

NAPLES, Fla. — Invasive Burmese pythons have decimated native mammal populations in Florida's Greater Everglades ecosystem for years, but a new partnership aims to expand the battle against the ...
Live Science

Dice snakes fake their own death, smearing themselves with blood and poop to make the performance extra convincing

Dice snakes theatrically stage their own deaths, using blood and feces to convince predators they've shuffled off their mortal coils. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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This trick keeps snakes from suffocating as they squeeze and swallow their prey

Snakes that constrict and then swallow enormous prey have evolved a way to keep themselves from suffocating while they do it. When the scaley coils closest to the snake's head are super busy squeezing ...